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End-of-Term Assessments and Optional Tests

SAMPLE

Match the nouns to their type. (One has been done for you.)

Join the sentence with an appropriate coordinating conjunction.

Join the sentence with an appropriate subordinating conjunction.

I’ll act as the spokesman for the team ........................ you want to do it.

I was ill over the weekend ...................... I wasn’t able to finish the homework project. (Accept: ‘and’)

Circle the five coordinating conjunctions from the list below.

compound noun

proper noun

collective noun

common noun

non-countable noun

garden

team

Bristol

money

dragonfly

if and but which so when or yet

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Year 6 Grammar & Punctuation

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Autumn Assessment

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Which sentence has been punctuated correctly?

Rewrite the following sentence using all the appropriate punctuation for direct speech.

Complete the sentences below with relative clauses of your own.

please stop talking said mr smith and finish your work

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Ali wore his new trainers ..............................................................................................................

That’s the dog ..................................................................................................................................

TOTAL PERCENTAGE SCORE

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End of Autumn Assessment

We ate a lot of healthy vegetables including carrots, peas, broccoli and green beans.

We ate a lot of healthy vegetables including: carrots, peas, broccoli and green beans.

We ate a lot of healthy vegetables including; carrots; peas; broccoli and green beans.

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Rewrite the sentence below putting in any missing punctuation including capital letters.

Draw lines to match the nouns to their different type.

Write an appropriate subordinating conjunction to complete these sentences.

ive been to spain greece and italy boasted amelia

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Connor has been full of himself ............................ he was made head boy.

Shula says she will lend you her rubber .......................... you ask nicely.

Underline the modal verbs in the sentences below.

This might be the last time I come to training.

Could you take one of these heavy bags for me, please?

proper

non-countable

compound

playground

James

water

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Optional Test 1

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Complete the sentence below by adding a relative clause.

Underline the expanded noun phrase in the sentence below.

The river flows gently to the sea.

Nathan was told off by Mr Davis for talking in assembly.

I was able to spell the word correctly.

The capital city of France is Paris.

I waited for you to call all evening.

Selim was working on his project all weekend.

Noah is going to karate classes now.

I would like to show you my football sticker collection.

Which sentence has been written in the passive voice? Tick one box.

Tick one box to show which sentence uses the past progressive tense.

I bought some new jeans ............................................................................................................

The tall man with the red face pushed in front of me.

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Year 6 Grammar & PunctuationOptional Test 1

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Rewrite the following sentence so that it is written in Standard English.

Rewrite the sentence below using direct speech.

Place the comma in the correct place in the sentence below.

Identify which is the subject, the object and the verb in the sentence below.

Mum drove her car.

I asked Freya if she wanted a biscuit.

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At the end of the match the whole team was exhausted.

I could of answered but I didn’t know nothing.

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Subject ....................................................

Object ....................................................

Verb ....................................................

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End of Optional Test 1

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Circle all three determiners in the sentence below.

Which three phrases have used the apostrophe for possession correctly? Mark with a tick.

The magician performed many tricks for our school fund-raising event.

the childrens face’s

the workmen’s tools

a frog’s leg

a cricketers’ bat

the dogs’ tails

a girls’ shoe

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